Chapter 060 Jinjiang First Launch
Xu Dashan's temper was instantly ignited. He was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick. He cursed and said, "What do you mean by that? As a father, do you think I would hope that my son would die?"
Zeng Aoxue also helped Xu Dashan explain: "Yes, Master Bai, you really wronged the child's father. The child's father has always been a decent man. He works hard in the unit and brings all the money he earns home to me every month. He has been supporting our family all these years. How could he hope that something bad would happen to the child he raised with so much effort?"
Bai Mian said: "I didn't want it before, but what about now?"
"Now?" Zeng Aoxue was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "You mean now that I've won the lottery, the child's father will kill people to grab the property? That's impossible, Master Bai, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. I believe the child's father is not that kind of person..."
Bai Mian retorted: "With money, nothing is impossible."
Zeng Aoxue looked at Xu Dashan suspiciously. Xu Dashan angrily smashed the cup to the ground, pointed at Bai Mian and said, "Get out of here. Such a big thing has happened to our family, and you are still here saying mean things. What is your intention?!"
Seeing Xu Dashan's angry expression, Zeng Aoxue began to believe Bai Mian's words. She recalled the details before the incident and realized something was wrong:
"Dad, after we received the call from the kidnapper, you kept telling me not to call the police and let me handle it privately. Now that I think about it, it seems like you don't want the police to rescue our son?"
Xu Dashan explained: "I didn't allow you to call the police because I wanted to protect our son. The kidnappers said they would kill you if you called the police. I was afraid that my son would get hurt!"
Zeng Aoxue said, "And that text message. In the Cixin Hall, the master had clearly said that if you didn't give the money, your son would meet with a bloody disaster. But you just got angry at that time and sent a text message to reject the kidnapper. Could it be that... could it be that you sent that text message just to anger the kidnapper?"
Xu Dashan spat on the ground: "Pah, nonsense! I just didn't control my temper. I admit that I was wrong. I have a bad temper and sometimes I do things without thinking, but I definitely don't have the intention to hurt anyone!"
Zeng Aoxue asked again: "I heard from the police that something went wrong when you were paying the ransom to the kidnappers, which resulted in our son almost not being saved. This is really too strange. It's just three floors, and you have good legs and feet, so how could you fall down while walking up the stairs? Do you know how urgent the situation was at the time? The money was in your hands, you were unconscious, and the kidnappers insisted on seeing you. If it weren't for the timely arrival of external help, our son might have already..."
Xu Dashan said: "It was a coincidence, it was really a coincidence. Just think about it, I was so nervous about paying the ransom! And I was dragging that big suitcase, it was very strenuous to walk, I got nervous, my legs started shaking, and I fell down the stairs. I didn't want to do that!"
Xu Dashan's explanation seemed to make sense. Zeng Aoxue was in a dilemma. She looked at Bai Mian, then looked back at her husband, and for a moment she didn't know who to believe.
Bai Mian was the first to speak and break the silence: "May 17th, 6:10 p.m."
"What?" Zeng Aoxue didn't understand what Bai Mian meant.
"Take a look at the Internet cafe's surveillance. The evidence you want is there," Bai Mian said.
Zeng Aoxue quickly took out her cell phone. In order to investigate her son's affairs, she had copied a surveillance video of the past two months from the Internet cafe owner, and now those surveillance videos were still in her cell phone.
She found the time Bai Mian mentioned and started playing the surveillance footage. By this time, Xu Shaoan was already very familiar with the two gangsters. In the video, three boys were playing games together. Everyone was very involved and there was nothing unusual on their faces.
"Master, are you sure it was this time? I didn't see any evidence." Zeng Aoxue asked Bai Mian anxiously.
"Switch to another perspective." Bai Mian reminded her.
Zeng Aoxue quickly switched to another perspective. This was a dual-perspective surveillance, one monitoring the store entrance, and the other monitoring the interior of the Internet cafe. The picture she had seen before was the perspective inside the store. After switching the perspective, the picture changed to the perspective outside the store.
Zeng Aoxue adjusted the time forward a little and watched the content in the surveillance video patiently. At first, there were only pedestrians coming and going in the picture. After a minute, at the time Bai Mian said, a man in a gray jacket appeared in the video.
Seeing this familiar grey jacket, Zeng Aoxue immediately exclaimed: "Dad, why are you here?"
The man next to him lowered his head, not daring to face his wife's question.
In the video, Xu Dashan, wearing a gray jacket, walked past the door of the Internet cafe. He walked lightly, and it was obvious that he had just got off work and was in a good mood. When he passed the door of the Internet cafe, he raised his head and glanced casually. I don’t know what he saw, but he seemed to be struck by lightning and stood there in a daze.
After a while, he came to his senses and immediately rolled up his sleeves, as if he was about to rush in and beat someone up, but for some reason, he stopped in front of the door. He hesitated for a while, not knowing what he was thinking. He smoked a cigarette, and after finishing it, he threw the cigarette butt under his feet, as if he had made some important decision.
Then he turned around, put down his sleeves as if nothing had happened, and walked straight past the door of the Internet cafe.
After watching this video, Zeng Aoxue was so angry that she went crazy. She pulled Xu Dashan's ear with one hand and asked him angrily: "Xu Dashan, what are you thinking? You found out that our child was in the Internet cafe in May. Why didn't you tell me then? Not only did you not tell me, you also pretended that you didn't know him. Are you a human being?"
"The kidnapping hadn't happened yet, so it was still in time. If you had told me, I would have immediately pulled him back from the Internet cafe, and our son wouldn't have lost his finger. You clearly had the opportunity to stop it, so why didn't you tell me? Why?!"
"Why? Because I don't want to support this burden anymore!" Xu Dashan roared.
Zeng Aoxue looked at Xu Dashan in disbelief: "Lei Yao? You call our son Lei Yao?"
"Yes, in my eyes he is a waste. No, he is even worse than waste!"
Xu Dashan saw that he couldn't hide the truth any longer, so he just threw it all out in one swoop: "After the child was born, I was busy with work, and you were the one who educated him. Look at the good son you raised! His test scores were terrible, but he was a master at stirring up trouble. When he was in school, he climbed over the wall every day to play games, and he scratched a mark on the school wall! The teacher called the parents seven times a week, and I went to the school every day to report. People who knew me thought I was a parent, and people who didn't think I was a school employee!"
Zeng Aoxue defended her son: "What you said were all things from childhood. Hasn't your son grown up now? What's the point of always bringing up the past? People should look forward. Look at your son. He has successfully entered high school and is only one step away from going to college. How could you have the idea of giving up on your son?"
Xu Dashan questioned: "How could he possibly go to college? You kindly arranged for him to study fine arts, but what did he do?"
Zeng Aoxue: "So what if he can't get into college? He is my good son, whom I raised with my own hands. Even if he turns out to be a useless waste in the future, I am willing to support him for the rest of his life!"
Xu Dashan shouted hysterically: "You are willing, but I am not! I don't want to be working at the age of 70 to support my lazy son. This child is useless and hopeless. To tell you the truth, I hope he can disappear from this world. I hope he dies!"
Zeng Aoxue immediately slapped Xu Dashan in the face: "Bah, you are not allowed to curse my son to death! If you don't want to support him, then get out. Anyway, I have money now, and this bonus is enough for me and my son to live for the rest of our lives!"
When it comes to money, Xu Dashan is like a wild beast with red eyes. He rushed forward and roared: "You only have your son in your eyes, where do you put me, your husband? If you win the prize, shouldn't I have a share?"
Bai Mian interrupted and said, "Mr. Xu, although the money has not been distributed to you yet, it seems that you have already started using it!"
As he was speaking, Xu Dashan's phone rang with a notification tone. Zeng Aoxue quickly snatched his phone away and saw the new message inside -
"Dear Mr. Xu, congratulations on becoming a distinguished Rolls-Royce owner. Your car is in production. We have received your deposit of 10,000 yuan. Please pay the balance within seven days. The balance is 2 million yuan..."
Zeng Aoxue threw her phone at Xu Dashan's face: "Okay, our son is lying in the operating room, and you are in the mood to buy a car behind my back!"
Xu Dashan's nose was bleeding. He covered his nose and said in a savage voice: "I have worked hard all my life. What's wrong with enjoying myself?"
"Yes," Bai Mian took over the conversation, "If you have a luxury car, you will naturally have no shortage of beauties. Once you have a beautiful woman, you can have as many children as you want. What does your original wife and children matter? Mr. Xu, is that what you think?"
Xu Dashan said nothing, letting the blood from his nose flow to the ground. Zeng Aoxue looked at Xu Dashan in disappointment, "So that's how it is. What you said before were all excuses. You said that I spoiled the child and made him a failure. In fact, none of this matters. In the end, you did it for the money. If your son dies, there will be one less person to share your money with."
Bai Mian corrected him, "Xu Dashan never thought about sharing the money with anyone. He wanted to keep the money for himself."
Zeng Aoxue raised her head in surprise: "I'm still here, why does he think he can keep it all for himself?"
"His plan was to get rid of both of you at the same time."
Bai Mian glanced at Xu Dashan, who was squatting on the ground, and recounted what had happened:
"On May 17, Xu Dashan passed by the entrance of the Internet cafe and saw his son, who was supposed to attend an art training class but was sitting there playing games. His first reaction was anger. He wanted to go in and teach his son a lesson, but then he noticed two thugs beside his son. They were obviously not good people. Xu Dashan got an idea. He gave up teaching his son a lesson and went home to implement his own criminal plan."
"Xu Shaoan's favorite game is Cyberspace. After returning home, Xu Dashan bought a high-level Cyberspace account, added his son as a friend by searching for his mobile phone number, and then joined his team and became his comrade-in-arms."
"The two thugs were also in the team. Xu Dashan contacted the two thugs through private chat within the team and repeatedly hinted to them to kidnap Xu Shaoan. Xu Dashan claimed to be a veteran criminal and would help the two thugs flee overseas after receiving money. The two thugs believed him and committed this crime."
Zeng Aoxue took a deep breath and looked back at Xu Dashan: "So it was you who instigated them. I was wondering why those two hooligans were so arrogant and dared to confront the police in broad daylight. It turns out that they were sure that they could flee overseas and would not be caught by the police!"
Bai Mian: "Of course, this is just a big pie that Xu Dashan painted for those two thugs. If the two thugs really kill Xu Shaoan, they will only be punished by law. When that happens, Xu Shaoan will die and the thugs will be caught. You will be too sad and die of depression, and he will be the only one who will reap the benefits."
Zeng Aoxue nodded excitedly: "Yes, my son is my life. If something happens to my son, I will not be able to live! Then he will be the only one left in this family, right? All the money will fall into his hands, he can spend it however he wants, and having ten more children is not a problem!"
Bai Mian: "So he deliberately fell down the stairs and pretended to faint, posing a difficult problem for the police. He thought that as long as no one gave him money, the kidnappers would kill him. But the result was beyond his expectations. He wanted to kill two birds with one stone, but now he has a back injury. Mr. Xu, you must be very disappointed, right?"
Xu Dashan raised his head and glared at Bai Mian with resentment. After the death of the two kidnappers, Xu Dashan thought that the crime he committed would become a secret forever. He could still lurk in this house and wait for the next opportunity to strike. He didn't expect that he would be exposed by this nosy fortune-teller today.
Zeng Aoxue thought about Bai Mian's words and suddenly had another question: "Master, since he planned the kidnapping, why didn't you tell me earlier? When you first examined me at Ci Xin Hall, you clearly said that there were no real kidnappers!"
Bai Mian nodded: "Sorry, I lied. At that time, I saw Xu Dashan had already walked out the door. If I exposed everything in front of him, I was afraid that he would be desperate and hurt the hostages. After all, the hostages were still in his hands. I could only lie to stabilize the situation."
"So, behind the kidnapping fabricated by my son, there is a real kidnapping carefully arranged by his father..." Zeng Aoxue finally figured out everything. She sighed, "This father and son are really alike. They are both trying to trick me for money. For money, people can become like this. Husband and wife are no longer like husband and wife, and father and son are no longer like father and son. If I don't hand over the money, I'm afraid they will do something to me sooner or later..."
Xu Dashan was delighted: "You finally figured it out? Wife, that's right! Money is meant to be spent. If you don't enjoy it now, will you take it with you to the grave when you get old?"
After Xu Shaoan woke up, he was wheeled to this ward by the nurse. He was depressed because he lost a finger. When he heard that Zeng Aoxue wanted to pay, he immediately became excited: "Mom, look at you. If you had taken out the money earlier, I wouldn't have gone through so much trouble to put on this show. I even lost a finger. What a shame!"
Zeng Aoxue said slowly: "I plan to use this money——"
Both father and son had gleaming eyes, waiting for Zeng Aoxue to say the next words.
“Donate all!”